The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
WHAT PUBLIC MEN DRINK.
An Old Bartender's Experience With
Guests at Big Hotel.
From the Nelg Yorh Tribune.

From the Nelo YOrl; Tribune.
The stocky man with short-cropped but bushy
gray whiskers, who stood behind the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel bar for fifteen years, has recently
been missed by guests of that house His name
is Francis Moore. He is Vermonter, aud has a
good stock farm in that State Recently he de
sired to start in business for himself in Twenty
thlrd street. In his long experience ut the Firth
Avenue Hotel he has dealt out liquid rations for
many Of the noted men of the country. He
told reporter about some of their pecularities
yesterday, saying among other things:
BILLY Florence, the actor, drinks straight
whisky. Len Smith is another of the same
kind. l always set out the best when see them
coming. Ten. Arthur drank gin straight when
he felt the need of a little stimulant. Gen
Grant used to come in occasionally in his
last years. and drink bottle of Bass ale at the
bar. Gen. W. t. Sherman has stuck TO one
brand OF whisky so long that others have come
to ask for il rs Sherman whisky. He drinks
good big drink but not often. Gen. Phil Sheri
dan takes q square drink of the same beverage
and has no use for water. He takes a nip
ottener than Sherman. Senator Frank His
cock likes wine, but takes three fingers OF
whisky when he tackles that liquor. His IA
yorite wine is Veuve Cliquot, yellow label. Con
gresham George West has a steady English
pull at Bass ale. EX-Congressnlan Henry G.
Burleigh's order is always IA little sherry but
1t comes quite often. His partner, Gus Cooke,
takes the whisky for the firm. Cooke likes TO
mix ham and beans between the drinks.
Though James q. Blaine stopped at the hotel
never saw him at the bar. Gen Garfield never
came to the bar, either. Ex-senator Chaffee, of
Colorado, drank whisky and Poland water,
which he thought was good for his kidneys.
His friend, Dave Mofatt, President of the
Denver and Rio Grande road, drinks whisky
straight: Senator German came in rarely for
rye; William II, Barnum takes gin steadily,
and lots OF it. The glasses are not big enough
for him. William L. Scott, of Erie, asks
for "a ... little g gin zzwgery light
of the hotel we sent up brandy TO his
room-the best in the house. When Roscoe
Conkling boarded here his beverage was lemon
ade. never saw him take anything stronger.
President Hayes wouldn't drink a lemonade for
fear it might have been stirred with spoon
that had been in whisky. The late Gov. Reuben
E. Fenton was a light drinker with liking for
light wine and champagne. Steve Dorsey
used to drink whisky in the days when he ran
Republican National politics, but brandy suits
HIM now. a peculiar drinker is Uncle John
Rice the proprietor of the fremont House. Chi
cago, who has a taste for 'velvet'-half cham
payne and half porter.
Sheridan Shook likes straight gin and has
drunk enough to float a steamboat. 1t agrees
with him. Ed Gilmore Is one of his pupils.
Uncle Rufus Hatch takes about one finger of
whisky. Senator John Sherman is light man
on liquor. He takes a bit of whisky rarely.
slightly above finger when the whisky is good.
The one thing he will not touch is Mexican
pulque. Bob Ingersoll's favorite is beer. Law
renee Barrett is great drinker of whisky. That
is also Edwin Booths beverage. Guiteau, the
assassin. was around the bar during the cam
paign of 1880. He only drank when he was
asked and then filed up on rye. Gen. Hancock
took whisky, but above all things he liked
bottle Of champagne. Hubert Q. Thompson
was a good treater and took whisky. Zach
Chandler was drinker of drinkers. He began
early in the day and kept it up till he went to
bed-whiSky always